A classic short documentary about decay and loneliness filmed inside Paraguay's Santa Isabel leper colony. It details the day to day life and reveals the thoughts of the inhabitants in the leper colony.
With camera following a group of lepers, the film process is like writing a text; in the process of making a mark there is a movement of inclusion that excludes too. The film maker uses the environment juxtaposing the wounds and scars that gather the inhabitants physically and also in the vicinity. The inhabitants share their thoughts, and we see the camera reflecting the true emotions. One such scene is a woman who has lost her eyebrows and she draws an artificial one. The scene is so subtle and not watered down. The film starts out somewhat normal with a negative colour but left me speechless and thinking. If you have watched Jean-Daniel Pollet's L'ordre (1973) and Forough Farrokhzad's The House Is Black (1963), don't miss this obscure masterpiece! It's streaming free on Vimeo.